جرشب

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of lightness, jesting, or perhaps a state of being unwell that resolves. It also describes physical characteristics like shortness and the aging of women.

Derived headwords

جَرشَبَverb

1.
to jestboth
To engage in lighthearted talk or joking; to be frivolous.
2.
to recover from illnessclassical
To suffer from an illness and then heal or recover from it.

جرشبnoun

1.
short personclassical
A person, particularly a man, who is short in stature.

المرأة: ولتverb

1.
woman: to turn awayclassical
Referring to a woman, she turned away or departed.

المرأة: بلغت الهرمverb

1.
woman: to reach old ageclassical
Referring to a woman, she reached extreme old age or senility.

المرأة: بلغت خمسينverb

1.
woman: to reach fiftyclassical
Referring to a woman, she reached the age of fifty.

Parallel reading

جرشب: هزل، أو مرض ثم اندمل، و المرأة: ولت، أو بلغت الهرم أوخمسين.

Jarshaba: to jest, or to be ill then heal, and the woman: to turn away, or to reach old age or fifty.

والجرشب، بالضم: القصير.

And al-jarshab, with damma, means the short one.